Hammock



N0. 626,610. Patentedlune 6, I899; C. K. HANN.

HAMMOGK.

(Applicatiqn filed Aug. 13, 1898.)

(N0 Model.)

ATTOR N EY UNITEb STATES PATENT FFIcE.

CHESTER K. HANN, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

HAMMOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,610, dated June 6, 1899.

Application filed August 13, 1898. Serial No. 688,489. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHESTER K. HANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at O0- lumbus, in the county of Franklin andState of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Hammocks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of hammocks; and the objects of my invention are to provide a hammock of such improved construction as to admit of the same being adjusted to a chair or couch form when desired, to provide an improved construction of ha n1mockbody,and to produce otherimprove' ments the details of which will be pointed out hereinafter. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a viewin perspective of my improved ham mock,showi11g the same converted to the chair position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the hammock in the ordinary position, and Fig. 3is a detailviewin perspective of a portion of said hammock-body.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Ct represents the body of my improved hammock, whichis formed of canvas or other suitable material. In the construction of the hammock -body I employ upper and lower strips of material I) and c, which are united at, regular intervals by parallel transverse seams (Z. By uniting two of the adjoining edges of the strips 1) and c and leaving the remaining edges open or disconnected parallel casings or pockets e are formed, which are adapted to have inserted therein slats f. A desired number of these slats having thus been inserted, the pockets which contain the same may have their otherwise open ends closed by one or more stitches, as indicated at c. The pockets 6 are preferably made to extend throughout the greater portion of the hamm ck-body, the head portion of said body being, however, provided with an enlarged pillow-pocket g, which is adapted to be filled with any suitable substance. Each end of the hammock-body is provided with a loop or hem, through which are inserted transverse end sticks h. Connected with the hammock ends at intervals are the usual converging suspending-cords '6.

70 represents short parallel blocks which are arranged to project in pairs from the upper side of the forward portion of the hammockbody and adjoining the sides of the latter.

Adjoining each side of the hammoclobody are arranged rope loops m, the forward ends of the latter being seen red to said hammockbody, preferably near the lower portion of the pillow or head-rest, while the remaining ends thereof are engaged with said hammock-body at points near the center of the length thereof. Each of the ropes m passes loosely through one end of a prop or standard-bar 0, said rope being provided on that side of the prop which is toward the rear end of the hammock with a knot or enlargement p, which serves to limit thesliding movement of the prop in that direction.

When the hammock constructed as above described is adapted for ordinary use orsupported in the ordinary stretched position, as indicated in Fig. 2, the prop-pieces may be allowed to lie in the positions indicated in said Fig. 2 and in the direction of the length of the hammock, or the same may, together with their ropes, be swung over the sides of the hammock and allowed to depend therefrom. In case, however, it is desired to convert or adjust the hammock-body to the chair or couch form (indicated in Fig. l. of the drawings) the props 0 are raised to the vertical or substantially vertical position and their free ends inserted between the blocks 7s. The stretching of the ropes m thus occasioned results in drawing the head portion of the ham mock-body upward until the same extends at an angle with the remaining portion of said body, said head portion thus forming a seatback in themanner indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. In order to facilitate the adj ustment above described, the suspending-cords i at the head of the hammock may be raised and supported from a higher point, while the lower or outer end portion of the hammock may be lowered.

From the construction and operation described it will readily be seen that a simple and inexpensive form of hammock is produced, which may be swung and utilized in the ordinary manner or which may be readily converted into a chair or couch form.

It will be observed that the construction of my improved hammock is such as to admit of its being produced in a neat and attractive form and at a low cost of manufacture.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hammock the combination with the body thereof formed of flexible material and means for suspending the same from its ends,- of props or standards 0 and ropes m engaging corresponding ends of said props, the ends of said ropes being connected with the ham mockbody on opposite sides of said props, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In ahammook the combination with the body Zof flexible material and means for suspending the same from its ends, of blocks 70 arranged in pairs adjacent to opposite sides of said hammock-body, props 0 and ropes m engaging corresponding ends of said props,

ing corresponding ends of said props, the endsof said ropes being connected with said hammock-body on opposite sides of said props and slats adapted to be inserted in'said pockets, substantially as specified.

CHESTER K. HANN.

In presence of- EDWARD M. TAYLOR, A. L. PHELPS. 

